King of California

king of california

Track Listings
1. King of California
2. Barn Burning
3. Fourth of July
4. Goodbye Again [Duet With Rosie Flores] - Dave Alvin, Rosie Flores
5. East Texas Blues
6. Every Night About This Time
7. Bus Station
8. Mother Earth
9. Blue Wing
10. Little Honey
11. (I Won't Be) Leaving
12. What Am I Worth [Duet With Syd Straw] - Dave Alvin, Syd Straw
13. Border Radio

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com essential recording
Former Blaster Dave Alvin takes a break from bluesy rock & roll for a folk-country collection of his best-known songs and a few choice covers. Alvin's voice, a raspy and limited yet emotionally revealing baritone, is better served with some electricity at his back, but this unplugged set is still never less than charming. The spare, new versions of Alvin songs such as "Fourth Of July" and "Border Radio" place renewed emphasis on his detail-rich lyrics, although the most memorable moment comes when Syd Straw joins him for a rollicking duet of the George Jones classic "What Am I Worth." --David Cantwell

King of California,Dave Alvin,Hightone Records,Americana,Pop,Popular Music,Rock,Roots Rock,Singer/Songwriter

King of California
King of California
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • King of Alvin Cds
  • A Must Have
  • Music That Grows On You
  • As genuine as it gets.
  • One of the best folk albums of the 1990s
 King of California
Dave Alvin
Manufacturer: Hightone Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000005QQ
Release Date: 1994-05-01

Tracks:

  1. King Of California
  2. Barn Burning
  3. Fourth Of July
  4. Goodbye Again
  5. East Texas Blues
  6. Every Night About This Time
  7. Bus Station
  8. Mother Earth
  9. Blue Wing
  10. Little Honey
  11. (I Won't Be) Leaving
  12. What Am I Worth
  13. Border Radio

Amazon.com essential recording

Former Blaster Dave Alvin takes a break from bluesy rock & roll for a folk-country collection of his best-known songs and a few choice covers. Alvin's voice, a raspy and limited yet emotionally revealing baritone, is better served with some electricity at his back, but this unplugged set is still never less than charming. The spare, new versions of Alvin songs such as "Fourth Of July" and "Border Radio" place renewed emphasis on his detail-rich lyrics, although the most memorable moment comes when Syd Straw joins him for a rollicking duet of the George Jones classic "What Am I Worth." --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars King of Alvin Cds.......2006-02-25

I'm already a big Dave Alvin fan, and this is probably my favorite CD. A little more stripped down and straight forward than some of the later stuff. An all around great singer/songwriter CD.

5 out of 5 stars A Must Have.......2005-08-23

Whether you are a long time Dave Alvin fan, or only recently started listening to his music, King of California is a must have for your collection. Great CD!

5 out of 5 stars Music That Grows On You.......2004-10-26

I saw Dave Alvin perform at the Strand in Redondo Beach, CA in 1991 with the Blasters. My wife and I were sitting in the front row. The Blasters were over one hour late. They came in and within 1 minute launched the room into 'Marie, Marie'. Phil Alvin's contorted face still a distinct memory. After this, I lost track of Dave Alvin for about 5 years. I guess I was looking in the 'B's' at Best Buy and Borders and finding nothing (this was in the pre-Amazon days). One day, while in the A's at Best Buy, I stumbled onto Dave Alvin again. I bought this CD. At first, I was hoping for the Blasters, so I didn't give the CD too many listens. Then one day, while I was moving, I started listening. This CD was really great, just a different style. Dave Alvin is an acquired taste, like moving from sweet wines to a rich cabernet. After appreciating a cabernet or merlot, it is hard to have a glass of that sweet stuff anymore.
It's very much like listening to Springsteen's Tom Joad or Nebraska after growing up on Born in the USA or Born To Run.

5 out of 5 stars As genuine as it gets........2003-06-11

A beautiful piece of work from the Blasters' hellcat guitarist. Alvin keeps the progressions and melodies simple while finding one devastating lyric after another. The title track will haunt me for years. It may falter a bit toward the end, but "King of California" is an excellent introduction to this roots-music master.

5 out of 5 stars One of the best folk albums of the 1990s.......2003-03-19

King of California is Dave Alvin's career-defining moment. Some songs are slowed-down versions of his old Blasters material (Border Radio, Bus Station), others are from his days in X or early solo ablums. Somewhere along the line Dave learned how his songs should be sung. This is no knock to Phil Alvin, the lead singer for the Blasters. It's just the truth. This album's is Dave's Highway 61 Revisited, and one of the best folk albums of the 1990s. It's sonic poetry.
Foster for Brass
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • thanks again, naxos!
  • Stephen Foster Played by a Saxhorn (not saxophone) Quintet
 Foster for Brass

Manufacturer: Naxos American
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00007FPFS
Release Date: 2004-05-18

Tracks:

  1. Ellen Bayne Quick Step
  2. Bronze Bob Tail Horse Quick Step
  3. Why, No One To Love
  4. California Quick Step
  5. Beautiful Dreamer
  6. Dolly Day Quick Step
  7. Hard Times Waltz
  8. We Are Coming Father Abraam, 300,000 More
  9. Colonel Meeker's Quick Step
  10. March. My Old Kentucky Home
  11. My Wife Is A Most Knowing Woman
  12. Maggie By My Side Grand March
  13. Santa Anna's Retreat From Buena Vista
  14. Willie Schottisch
  15. George Hart's Quick Step
  16. Some Folks
  17. Open Thy Lattice Love
  18. Old Dog Tray March
  19. Camptown Quick Step
  20. Massa's In The Cold Ground
  21. When This Dreadful War Is Over
  22. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
  23. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming Quick Step
  24. Gentle Annie
  25. Lulu Is Gone
  26. Where Has Lula Gone
  27. Farewell My Lily Dear Quick Step

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars thanks again, naxos!.......2007-04-04

naxos is the greatest budget label of all-time. i've gotten so many great discs from them, and never a bummer. as for this disc, it's a great idea(arrangements of the songs of stephen foster for 19th century brass band, performed on period instruments), wonderfully executed. i have many recordings of stephen foster material, and this is one of the best. this brass band sounds fantastic and the audio quality is very very fine. i highly recommend that you make this a part of your household.

5 out of 5 stars Stephen Foster Played by a Saxhorn (not saxophone) Quintet.......2004-06-20

Imagine a post-Civil War family trooping to the town square on a fine summer evening to hear the town band play a concert of arrangements of popular tunes, that gentler period's equivalent of a rock concert of today. That's essentially what we have here. The Chestnut Brass Company, a Philadelphia brass quintet which on occasion plays on everything from Baroque sackbuts to the most modern trumpets and trombones, here plays on instuments of the saxhorn family. Saxhorns, invented by Adolphe Sax, the fellow who also invented the better-known saxophone, are brass instruments perfected in the 1840s. Their conical bore projects a uniquely sweet and mellow sound. They were exceedingly popular for town bands during the latter half of the century, but their use had waned by the turn of the 20th century. This quintet consists of an E flat soprano, a B flat soprano, an E flat alto, a B flat baritone, and a E flat contrabass saxhorn. The dulcet tones and sonic blend are a marvel to behold. Partly, of course, this is due to the expert playing by Bruce Barrie, Susan Sexton (or is it SAXton?), Marian Hesse, Larry Zimmerman, and Jay Krush.

Stephen Foster wrote very little purely instrumental music, but his songs fostered (pun unavoidable) innumerable instrumental arrangements. Those heard here are taken (and sometimes re-arranged) from the playbooks of such 19th-century bands as the Manchester, New Hampshire town band, the Boston Brass Band and the brass band of the 26th Regiment of North Carolina, not to forget the U.S. Marine Band. The tunes are arranged into quicksteps, waltzes, marches, schottisches and potpourris. Most of the familiar tunes are here: 'Beautiful Dreamer,' 'I Dream of Jeannie,' 'My Old Kentucky Home,' 'Camptown Races,' 'Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming,' and 'Some Folks Do' as well as plenty of relatively unfamiliar songs. And because these arrangements come from all over some of the tunes appear several times like old friends. Some of my own favorites are 'Some Folks' arranged by W. L. Baccus, 'Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming' arranged by Bruce Barrie, 'Camptown Quick Step' arranged by Jay Krush, and 'Gentle Annie' from the U.S. Marine Corps Band archives.

As an unabashed fan of the music of Charles Ives, I can't hear these arrangements without wondering which of these tunes Charlie heard (and played) when his own father, a former Civil War bandmaster, led his town band in Danbury, Connecticut.

Recommended for brass band lovers, Stephen Foster fans, and folks who like, say, the sound track to Ken Burns's 'Civil War' PBS documentary.

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The Raleigh Ringers
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • The Raleigh Ringers
 The Raleigh Ringers

Manufacturer: Raleigh Ringers
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000067V0H
Release Date: 1995-11-01

Tracks:

  1. Canticle
  2. Hungarian Dance
  3. Fantasy on King's Weston
  4. Cascades
  5. Linus & Lucy
  6. Psalm of Peace
  7. Blessed Assurance
  8. Passacaglia
  9. Fantasy #1 in F Minor
  10. Prelude on Herzliebster Jesu
  11. Comedian's Gallop
  12. Exultation
  13. Hymn to Joy
  14. Bohemian Rhapsody
  15. Dream On
  16. Hotel California
  17. Stairway to Heaven

Album Description

This is the first CD produced by The Raleigh Ringers. It highlights their diverse repertoire and includes transcriptions of classical and popular pieces (such as Hungarian Dance and Linus and Lucy), original compositions written for handbells, and arrangements of classic rock and roll. This is one of the best selling handbell CDs in the world and is over 74 minutes of music.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars The Raleigh Ringers.......2006-11-03

I've got lots of upbeat classical stuff, but the sounds and tingling on this CD are fantastic. A great mix of traditional and contemporary pieces. This CD is a real ringer!
Herman & Cole - California Concerts 1949
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Herman & Cole - California Concerts 1949

    Manufacturer: Encore
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000EK93YK

    Product Description

    The roaring classic Herd and the incomparable Nat King Cole Trio in a classic collection of rare performances from their 1949 West Coast concert tour. Features Gene ammons, Bill harris, Serge Chaloff, Terry Gibbs, Shelly manne, oscar Pettiford, Ernie Royal, Shorty Rogers, lou levy, Mary Ann McCall, and more! 20 tracks.
    Vaudeville Accordion Classics: The Complete Works of Guido Deiro
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Accordion as you have never heard it!
    • Excellent Album
    		 Vaudeville Accordion Classics: The Complete Works of Guido Deiro

    Manufacturer: Bridge
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B0000UX502
    Release Date: 2003-11-25

    Tracks:

    1. Temperamental Rag
    2. Pink Slippers Valse
    3. Preparedness March
    4. Il Pentimento Waltz
    5. Royal Flying Corps March
    6. Kismet Fox Trot
    7. Orazione e Marcia Militare
    8. Western Stars March
    9. Moonlight Waltz
    10. Hand Grenade Throwers March
    11. Deiro Rag
    12. Muskateers March
    13. Deirina Mazurka
    14. I Don't Care Polka
    15. Lido Tango
    16. Queen of the Air march
    17. Valse Caprice No. 1
    18. Neapolitan Polka
    19. My Florence Waltz
    20. Egypto Fantasia
    21. Zampa Rag
    22. Lola Fox Trot
    23. Breitenbush March
    24. Tango Tosino
    25. Guido's Royal March
    26. Light & Shadow Waltz
    27. Variety Polka
    28. Valse Pirouette
    29. Marines March
    30. Dolores Waltz
    31. Los Bomberos March
    32. Accordionette Waltz
    33. Young Accordionist March
    34. Little Accordion Player Waltz
    35. Torpedo March
    36. Beautiful Girl Waltz
    37. The Peasant Quadrille
    38. Radio Waltz
    39. Dimples Polka
    40. The Accordion Girl Waltz
    41. Sharpshooters March
    42. Veno (Duet) Fox Trot
    43. Jewel Waltz (Duet)
    44. King Boy (Duet) Fox Trot
    45. Minneapolis March (Duet)
    46. California Mazurka (Duet)
    47. Sharpshooters March (Reprise)

    Album Description

    Guido Deiro, the Italian-American accordion virtuoso-- frequently called "The Great Deiro"-- was of paramount importance in the popularization of the accordion in the early 20th century. The first accordionist to perform on the Vaudeville stage (1910), he was also the first accordionist to make sound recordings (Edison Wax Cylinders, 1911). For many years Deiro was a headline attraction at the great vaudeville houses throughout America and abroad, and made more than 100 recordings for the Columbia record company. On Bridge's 2-CD set, Henry Doktorski's sparkling performances of Deiro's music quickly confirm the reason for Deiro's immense popularity. In 1913, Deiro met the young vaudeville performer, and later-to-be Hollywood starlette, Mae West, while both were performing on a vaudeville show in Detroit. The couple quickly fell in love and secretly married. Henry Doktorski's liner notes detail Deiro and West's torrid love affair, and early photograph's of Deiro, provided by Deiro's son, Count Guido Deiro Jr., add to the significance of this release. Deiro's delightful compositions are a window onto an era long past, much like the re-discovery of Scott Joplin's music, twenty-five years ago.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Accordion as you have never heard it!.......2007-04-03

    Guido Deiro was the first virtuoso of this much maligned and very difficult to play instrument. An accomplished composer and recording star, Deiro was a hughely popular in Vaudeville. The liner notes reveal his marriage to Mae West and I enjoyed the vintage photos. Henry Doktorski plays Deiro's compositions with great technique and every piece is a revelation of what the accordion is really capable of when played by a master musician.

    5 out of 5 stars Excellent Album.......2005-01-04

    This two CD set is certainly worth the money. Henry Doktorski's performance is indeed breathtaking. It is as if someone were transported back to the days when Guido Deiro himself was performing these songs. Guido Deiro was a recording pioneer who he became the first star piano-accordionist, the first piano-accordionist to perform on the vaudeville stage, and to make sound recordings(I've got at least two of Mr. Deiro's old Columbia 78 RPM records at home). In fact, Guido became the first person to coin the phrase "Piano-accordion." You'll find plenty of good stuff about Guido in Mr. Doktorski's liner notes on the two-CD set as well as on the GuidoDeiro.com website. Mr. Doktorski's sparkling performance certainly does Mr. Deiro's songs justice.
    Rainin' in California
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • As an alive album has the exactlly climax of an Albert King show
    		 Rainin' in California
    Albert King
    Manufacturer: Wolf Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Chicago BluesChicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000008UEW
    Release Date: 1998-06-17

    Tracks:

    1. King's Groove
    2. I Wonder Why
    3. The Sky Is Crying
    4. Albert's Stomp
    5. I'll Play The Blues For You
    6. Cold Women With Warm Hearts
    7. Kansas City
    8. Tighten Up
    9. Rainin' In California

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars As an alive album has the exactlly climax of an Albert King show.......2006-05-12

    Greate band, with the brothers Tony and Michaell Llorents on keyboards and drums, Gus Thorton on bass. Also piano , rythms guitar (may be Randall from Chicago) and Ed Early and his boys on horns. They open the set with a hot Chicken Shak.
    Rainin in California version alive is greate, but not complete.
    Anyway has the feeling and power of the pure sentimental blues of Albert's guitar and voice.
    Bare Bone
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      		Bare Bone
      The Reels
      Manufacturer: Pacificsol
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      Contemporary BluesContemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B000CADTD8
      Release Date: 2003-10-07

      Tracks:

      1. Jet Black Ruby Red
      2. Who's Been Talkin'
      3. Me & My Baby
      4. Movin' Up To Malibu
      5. Baby Don't Worry
      6. Soul Blue
      7. I Want You (A Common Trilogy)
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      10. Walkin' Blues
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      12. Baby, Baby (Just Don't Want To Leave)
      Drunken Starfighter
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Drunken Starfighter
        Drunken Starfighter
        Manufacturer: Sticky Note Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000CA37X0
        Release Date: 2004-02-10

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        1. Light Years
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        3. Live [Import]
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        5. & Love for All [Import]
        6. Love Songs [Import]
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